Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-05
,0s MEN UNITE.

'68 At The Old State House-An In- l teresting OecasiOn-OId Times Lived over Again.
 Once more about forty members of tht | legislature of 1868 trudged up the steps ot \ the old State House yesterday, gazed with | renewed awe at the dust of ages settled in dark hooks and recesses overhead and al ! the ravages of time effected on the plaster ing, and looked with joy at the sight of at \ tractive nurses and pretty babies who were ! having an airing in front of the building in the midst of baby carriages on the green I grass. Once more the "heavy weights puffed ard blowed as they reached the stone landing above the flight of stone steps, and I looked forward to the thick, heavy black entrance doors, just inside of which were the rooms of the Historical society, where formerly in '68 were committee rooms. The reunion was called to order by ex-Rep- resentative A. W. Phelps, of this city, with a brief speech of welcome. Ex-Senator Ste vens, of Hartford, presided and made appro- priate introductory remarks and said that the senators who have died are: James Carr of the Third district, Alfred Colt of the Sev- enth, Charles w. Scott of the Eighth, John
 E. Wheeler of the Tenth, Seth s. Logan of the Sixteenth, Cornelius Brainerd of the
 Nineteenth, and David w. Huntington of the Twenty First.
 Senator Stevens recounted some of the principal work done by the '68 legislature, among which was the authorization of an in crease of stock by the N. Y., N. H. & Hart ford railroad; and authorizing railroad bridges built at Lyme and Middletown. The late Charles Ives of East Haven, was speaker
 in 1868, and Dwight Marcy and Jno A. Tib-
 bits were clerks, and both have been promot.
 ed to the speakership, Marcy in 1870 and
 Tibbits in 1886. Of the State officers at
 that time ex-Governor English and ex-Lieu-
 tenant Governor Hyde are the only survivors
 Secretary Pease, Treasurer Moseley and
 Comptroller Olney are dead, and there is no
 clerk living who was employed in those of
 fees at that time.
 E. W. Moore of Vernon, who is now con-
 nected with the controllers office, the clerk
 of the meeting, read 8 list of surviving mem-
 bers and the following answered to their
 names: Senators N. B. Stevens, Hartford; {;
 Albert Austin, Sufield; William c. Street,
 South Norwalk; Charles c. Hubbard, Hart ford; Representatives James M. Loomis,
 Granby: B. F. Hastings, Sufield; R. R. Wolcott and John G. Stoddard,
 Wethersfeld; H. Sidney Hayden,
 Windsor; Henry G. Lewis and Alfred w. Luther H. Platt, Naugatuck; Samuel Rose,
 North Brantord; H. N. Lee, Colchester; F.
 B. Way, East Lyme; Henry A. Stafford,
 Ledyard; B. A. Rathburn, Lyme; J. D.
 Gallup, North Stonington; D. M. Watrous,
 Old Lyme; Diamond Bradley, Easton;
 Minor, Stamford; Albert G.; coan,
 Trumbull; James Pike, Sterling; Edward B.
 Burnham, Windham; Henry B. Graves,
 Litchfeld; Sheldon Merrill, Barkhamsted;
 E. M. Chapin, New Hartford; D. P. Mills,
 Naugatuck; Aaron P. Fenn, Plymouth; War
 ner Taylor, Haddam; R: P: Stevens, Killing
 worth; l.. B. Southworth, Say brook; Andrew
 Phelps, Andover; Jared G. Manley, Co.,
 lumbia; c. H. Brown, Hebron Emerson W.
 Moorley, Vernon, and Albert w. Allen, of
 Enfield.
 After the reading of these names Henry
 G. Lewis, of this city, was called on to
 speak and made some very happy remarks
 He was followed by ex- Governor William T.
 Minor, of Stamford, who made some inter
 esting remarks.
 Ex-Senator Albert Austin of Suffield, who was one of the oldest men present, but still
 looms up tall and straight, spoke happily
 about the legislation de bridging the Connec- ticut, which was up in '68's time; and Henry
 B. Graves, of Litchfeld, spoke on that and other subjects. Ex-Senator Charles c. Hub
 bard, of Middletown, made a humorous speech which caused the faces of many of the members to relax into smiles. He also noticed the fact that insane asylum and the Industrial school for girls was established. He spoke also of Sem ators Gallagher and Blydenburgh, of this city, and Garry I. Mix, of Wallingford, who were of '68 but not present. They were gal 1ant men and true. Also ex-Governor An drews was of '68.
 Egbert Bartlett of Derby, E. M. Chapin of New Hartford and A. w. Phelps of New Ha- ven also spoke. Albert s. Coan of Trum- l bull, aged 84, was one of the visitors present. On invitation of Curator Sherman the august body of veteran legislators took look 1 through wildernesses of curiosities in the Historical society's room. Afterward they took dinner at the Stafford dining rooms. There are 150 survivors of '6S. Each mem.
 Der wore 8 white satin badge appropriately inscribed and relative to the occasion A. w. Phelps of this city, E. W. Morse of Yer non and B. A. Rathburn of Lyme are the ! committee to arrange for the next reunion.